Agent Tom Ratcliffe is still waiting for further evidence that Andrew Bumbalough was correctly disqualified from the men's 3000-meter race at the USA Indoor Championships in Albuquerque or, failing that, action that clears Bumbalough's name, Ken Goe of the Oregonian reports. But USA Track & Field may have no further response on the matter.

Also, a meeting between the Track & Field Athletes Association and USATF personnel to discuss TFAA’s role in monitoring protest and appeals procedures at championship meets has not yet been rescheduled. It was originally scheduled for the Monday following the IAAF World Indoor Championships in Poland, but was postponed because key USATF figures were traveling back from Poland.

Regarding Bumbalough’s disqualification, Ratcliffe told Goe, "I haven't let it drop. I'm not going to let it drop." Bumbalough, who’d led early in the 3000 at Albuquerque but eventually finished eighth, was disqualified for interfering with Galen Rupp, the eventual runner-up. But available race video evidence doesn’t seem to verify that ruling, and Bumbalough may in fact have been mistaken for another runner in the race, Ryan Hill.

Ratcliffe claims that Norman Wain, USATF's general counsel and chief of business affairs, promised more than a week ago that he would be "back in touch" but thus far hasn't been. And USATF spokeswoman Jill Geer told Goe by text message that the federation has "nothing to add beyond what we've discussed about how we are and will be taking a look at ABQ and our systems and procedures.”

Confusion about the women’s 3000, in which a protest against winner Gabe Grunewald was initially rejected and then accepted in apparent violation of the USATF’s own rules – a situation which culminated with fourth-place finisher Jordan Hasay eventually withdrawing her protest against Grunewald – was a large part of what led the TFAA to ask via petition for a role in monitoring protests and appeals.

No meeting between the TFAA and USATF is currently scheduled, but TFAA President Adam Nelson told Goe that his group "will be making a statement very soon about this."